Nothing cools you down on a hot summer day like a tall glass of iced tea. This recipe for iced tea is flavored with fresh rosemary and lime, and is sweetened with earthy jaggery. Texas summers are long and hot. Since I ranted about it in my last post, I am not gonna bore you…
Pomegranate Mock Moscow Mule
This festive Moscow mule inspired mocktail made with fresh pomegranate juice, limes, rosemary and bubbly ginger ale is the perfect way to ring in the New Year. I can’t believe we’re in the last week of the year. But now that we are actually here, this week is kinda dragging on. Get over with it already,…
Asian Chicken Noodles With Cilantro Peanut Honey Sauce
Quick Asian style chicken and mushroom noodles tossed with a delicious cilantro-peanut-honey blender sauce. A moreish stir fry dinner on the table in under 30 minutes!! The weather is gorgeous nowadays. It is not Fall yet, but we are getting there. There is the ever-so-slight nip in the air in the mornings and at night….
Avocado Ice Cream
Deliciously smooth and creamy, this no-churn avocado ice cream needs just 5 ingredients. Just blend, freeze, scoop & enjoy! Avocados are the real superstars of the 21st century. They find their way into everything, is full of good fat and incredibly delicious. I knew avos as butter fruit in India. They were mostly used in the most incredibly…
Roasted Acorn Squash Salad With Maple Dressing
So, this is a new for me. I have two posts in two days, which is quite an achievement, considering the fact that it takes me ages to edit photos and write up the recipe. But I just had to share this one with you guys. It’s a healthy salad, which is also a complete…
Ground Beef Tacos With Chimichurri Sauce
Mmm… taco night never looked better. Trust me. Once you make this fresh, garlicky chimichurri sauce, it doesn’t matter what protein you use to fill your tacos. The chimichurri sauce literally goes with anything. Chicken, beef, seafood, vegetables – check, check, check and check. Bring on the chimichurri! Chimichurri is made with fresh flat leaf…
Honeydew Melon, Cucumber And Lime Popsicles
It’s getting hot, hot and hotter by the day. Some days are hot and humid and that is the worst combination ever. And on days like that, the best things to eat should come straight out of the freezer, icy cold and delicious. But if I had ice cream every day during the Texan summer,…
Watermelon-Berry Popsicles
Today’s recipe is going to be an easy and really quick one. You just need to be patient for a few hours till the popsicles set in the freezer, that’s all. Now, who doesn’t love popsicles, right? I think it is the treat-on-a-stick allure that brings out childhood memories and makes it an all-round favorite….
Blueberry Limeade (Or Lemonade)
Oh, summer, how I love you! Yes, you are hot, sweaty and annoyingly, blindingly bright on most days. But I don’t care. I love not having to wear jackets, scarves and boots. I love that I can literally be out of the door at a moment’s notice. And even though I end up looking like…
Crispy Fish Tacos With Jalapeno-Cilantro Yogurt Sauce
Summer vacation is in full swing here right now and I am enjoying every bit of it. I decided to give the little guy a short break from summer camps and classes, so he is home with me all the time. And while we drive each other crazy, we wouldn’t have it any other way….
Vanilla-Lime Cupcakes With Blackberry Buttercream Frosting
The little one “graduated” from Kindergarten last week and I made him these cupcakes to celebrate. His class actually had a double graduation. They were invited to be on the local TV show with their little caps and gowns and later that night, they had a beautiful ceremony hosted by the school as well. Little…
Papaya Agua Fresca
The papaya is a highly under-appreciated fruit. When you think of tropical fruits, pineapple and mango comes to mind, but papaya seldom makes an impression. Growing up, we always had a tree or two of papaya in our garden. It is an extremely easy crop to grow if you have the right tropical conditions, of…
